Happy February!!

Jan 31 - Feb 4

Report cards will be sent home Tuesday, February 1. Please remember to sign and return the envelope. 

This week:

Math skills: review of EOQ problems, multiplication and division, number sentences, problem solving

Reading Skills – Main Idea and details; Folk Tale

Writing skills – Writing a descriptive paragraph

Spelling words this week: 

semifinal

brighten

celebration

terrible

dangerous

continent

ounce

avenue

exact

receive

Homework:

Monday - write spelling words 3x each, math sheet

Tuesday - Create a short story using 5 of the spelling words, math sheet

Wednesday - Put spelling words into sentences, math sheet 

Thursday - Practice spelling test, math sheet

February 17 will be our next field trip to the Natural Science Center.

Cost:  $15 per child. We will leave at 9:00 and return between 1:00-1:30. Let me know if you’d like to come along! It is $9.00 for chaperones.

Picture Day: Group Picture Day will be on Wednesday, February 2. 

Snow Make Up Day: The make up day for December 16 is June 10. The next scheduled make up days are January 10 - February 21, January 11 - April 25, January 12 - June 13, January 13 -  June 14.

Crazy Hair Day will be Friday, February 4.

Jan 24-28

As quarter 2 comes to an end and we start quarter 3, we will be reviewing many past concepts as well as learning new ones. We have a busy quarter ahead of us, but with perseverence, we can make it!

Report cards will be sent home, Tuesday February 1. Please remember to sign and return the envelope.

This week:

Math skills: review of EOQ problems, multiplication and division, relationship between the two, number sentences, problem solving

Reading Skills - Realistic Fiction; Generalizations

Writing skills - Using the writing process to write a compare/contrast paragraph

Spelling words this week:
family
handle
edge
please
true
between
happiest
thousand
could
crowded
Homework:
Monday - write spelling words 3x each, math sheet
Tuesday - Create a short story using 5 of the spelling words, math sheet
Wednesday - Put spelling words into sentences, math sheet
Thursday - Practice spelling test, math sheet

February 17 will be our next field trip to the Natural Science Center.

Cost:  $15 per child. We will leave at 9:00 and return between 1:00-1:30. Let me know if you’d like to come along! It is $9.00 for chaperones.

Whoa! What a lot of SNOW...days!

Due to the weather, we have missed out on some great days! Well, at least we were all home safe and warm.

 

Next week, jan 18-20 will be EOQ's. If time, please review the RUNNERS reading strategy with your students. Keep practicing telling time and working with elapsed time!

RUNNERS

READ the title and make a PREDICTION

UNDERLINE keywords in the questions

NOTICE the paragraphs

NOW READ the passage

ENCLOSE keywords in the passage

REREAD the passage

SELECT the best answer

Due to EOQs we don't have much homework this week

Homework this week: READ EACH NIGHT and practice telling time.

In your spelling notebook, write spelling words 3x each, practice spelling test and put words into sentences.

There is a math sheet.

 

Spelling words

above

however

sometimes

important

enough

carry

knew

until

through

public

 

Parents: please remember to look inside Tuesday folders as there is a lot of information for you to read!

 

End of Quarter: Thursday Jan 10, 2011.

I will be sending home a conference sign in sheet for those of you who wish to talk with me about your child's progress.

February 17 will be our next field trip to the Natural Science Center.

Cost:  $15 per child. We will leave at 9:00 and return between 1:00-1:30. Let me know if you’d like to come along!

Keep up the good work!!

EOQ week!

This is EOQ week, so we will spend much of Monday and Tuesday reviewing reading and math strategies!

RUNNERS

READ the title and make a PREDICTION

UNDERLINE keywords in the questions

NOTICE the paragraphs

NOW READ the passage

ENCLOSE keywords in the passage

REREAD the passage

SELECT the best answer

Due to EOQs we don't have much homework this week

Homework this week: READ EACH NIGHT and practice telling time.

In your spelling notebook, write spelling words 3x each and put words into sentences.

above

however

sometimes

important

enough

carry

knew

until

through

public

February 17 will be our next field trip to the Natural Science Center.

Cost:  $15 per child. We will leave at 9:00 and return between 1:00-1:30. Let me know if you’d like to come along!